Letter to the editor: Center-pivot spraying endangers health

Center-pivot spraying endangers health

I am writing this letter not only as a cancer survivor, but also as a concerned member of our community. Throughout my career as a registered nurse, I trusted that I would be informed if a patient whom I was in contact with was carrying a diagnosis of any communicable maladies such as MRSA (Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus), allowing me to protect myself appropriately.

How can it be possible that center-pivot spraying is dispersing not only MRSA, but also a plethora of viruses, antibiotics and E. coli, to name just a few, of the steadily expanding byproducts of increased clustering and so-called growth of concentrated animal feeding operations?

Please hear me when I say that we, in our homes, in our schools, in our recreation areas, trust that our air will be safe to breathe and be free from pathogenic toxins intentionally sent there without our knowledge or consent. Is this not the very definition of assault?

In good health,

Linda Swanson RN, BSN

Algoma

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Letter to the editor: Center-pivot spraying endangers health

I am writing this letter not only as a cancer survivor, but also as a concerned member of our community.

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